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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1887-12-01
. Arlnr Pension Loot.
Io,patonna lMinn.) Journal aud Herald

TOtudtonna (Minn) Journal aud Herald
The Atlanta Constitution is the representative
OF the " New South" The New South is loyal
TO Cleveland and hates the Grand Army, hence
the Constitution says: !" All the symptoms go TO
show that the Grand Army saved the Union
for the sake Of pension loot. The Grand Army
OF the Republic appears 10 think about nothing
but pensions" Saved the Union for the sake
Of pension loot, did they2 Some Of them have
waited nearly a quarter Of a century before
they found il out They took the miserable
soldiers pay; brayed death far from heme and
friends; endured want, exposure, starvation,
aud the hell Of Southern prison-pens! They
came home-thOse that were left Of them-and
went indHstriousy TO work 10 help pay the
taxes with which the crime OF rebellion had
burdened the country. Broken in health and
enteebled by disease many Of them sank into
their graves without receiving pension loot
While the financial burdens were heavy pen
sious came slow and only in the most necessi-
tous cases. But at last the country became rich
rich because these soldiers had saved ii, and
rich because Of their industrious labor after the
war. The New South, with its growing de-
velopment and grand promise for the future, is
due TO the heroism, the tolls aud the sacrifices
of the Grand Army. And now those brave
men, after waiting quarter OF a century; after
waiting until the Nation is amply able; after
passing the summit OF the hill. and while on
the downward march toward the grave, en-
feebled, broken in health, and venerable, ask
that the Government shall remember their past
services and sacrifices, and the Constitution
cruelty beratcs them for thinking of nothing
but pension loot. What loot can recOmpense
them for the awful horrors Of the Southern
prison pens or for the best years Of their lives
given TO privatiOn and danger for their cOun-
tryg Think of nothing but pension loot! They
did not think Of il SO long as the financial faith
Of the country was in peril, but many Of them
labored and toiled in poverty, and fought
against schemes Of reputation with all the
ardor with which they had fought against re-
bellion. As the saying went they voted as
they had shot
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FOR THE LADIES.

Mrs Frank Secoy, poor woman in a Nevada
village had her well cleaned, and her chickens
scratched over the gravel and dirt that came out.
A few days afterward she killed one of them and
In its crop piece of gold as big as a bean.
Mrs. Secoy at once located a mine in her WELL and
asks a big price for her hitherto modest property.
A few days after the recent rich strike
made in the Black Queen mine, near Gunnison,
Colo, ID. b. Fowler, who had a lease and bond on
the claim, prepared to ship ore. Mrs Ellen Jack,
of the owners of the mine, went there just as
pack train was starting with load of ore, and,
drawing n pistol. ordered the men to leave the
mineral. They obeyed, and then swore out war
rant for her arrest charging her with assault with
intent to kill. After three-days trial Mrs. Jack
was acquitted, the Judge holding that Fowler had
no right to the ore, and that she bad right to de-
fend her property.
Rather al unique figure in the amusement world
Is Mrs Alice j. Shaw. who appears at benefits, pr-
vate mIIsicales, and similar performances. She Is
n wonderful performer whistling without any in
strument whatever in her mouth. She gives airs
of the utmost intricacy and elaboration with com
pete accuracy and truth Of expression. She Is Of
rather majestic presence decidedly handsome, and
she has q larking expression of the left eye when
she whistles which Is no little factor of her success
THE UTILITY OF THE MODERN BUsTLE.
I
The Catastrophe.
Her ma said her boots were too high In the heel,
But no other style she would wear;
One day while out walking she stepped on q peel
OF banana and uttering an ear-piereing squeal,
She frantically clutched at the air.
III.
she Is Sdred
Her hustle was rubber. inflated Of course,
The fashion prevailing to meet;
And il turned out to be of her safety the source,
For when she sat down on the sidewalk with force
She bounded right back to her feet.
I'LL
The MordL.
In the foregoing maldens who stylish boots wear.
This moral will easily find:
When sidewalks are icy, or out of repair,
A bustie of rubber, inflated with air.
Is handy to carry behind.
Boston Courier.
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In the MECHANISM OF The Rod,

The kidneys have important duty assigned
them. Ia Is to eliminate from the blood GER
tain impurities dangerous IL allowed 10 remain
Should the action Of these organs aud the bladder
become obstrucied renew IL with Hostetter's Stom-
ach Btiers an effective diuretic well as a pre-
ventive and remedy for fever and ague and other
maarla affections. nervous ailments debility, con-
stpation and rheumatism. Resort 10 IL I'm season,
and ~ systemaliCaly.
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The Catastrophe.

Her ma said her boots were too high In the heel,
But no other style she would wear;
One day while out walking she stepped on 8 peel
OF banana, and uttering an ear-piereing squeal,
She frantically elutched at the air.
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INDIVIDUAL CASES OF sTANcH LOYALTY
on the part OF men who remained true 20 the
flag, despite the temptations Of rank offered
them 10 desert, would easily Gil much more
space than can be given here aud from the
numbers Of such cases and the mass OF matter
st hand select one, of the experience of the
gallant Hubert Oberle, who was a Sergeant in
the 1th Inf, IN Maj. Lyndes command when
that officer surrendered la New Mexico with
out resistance, and for which he was dismissed
she service.
Serg't Hubert Oberle enlisted in May. 1870, at
az years Of age, as a musician in Battery A, 4th
Art, and served until ls45, aud then re-en-
listed that year in Co. G, 9TH Inf He served
NJ Corpus Christi first, and in the Mexican war
was at Monterey under Gen. Zach Taylor be-
fore going 10 Tampeo, and thence to Vera Cruz
% Gen. scotts column la Mexico. He served
Rallantly in the campaign 10 the City of Mexico,
aud there was promoted 10 Sergeant. He re-
enlisted when his term Of service was up, aud
was Ia the last Florida war, and then on the
plains aud Salt Lake expedition, until the out
break Of the rebellion found him at Fort Fill
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SUNDAY MEDITATION.

The germs Of scrOfula are destroyed by Aver,
sarsaparilla. Sold by all druggists.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-12-10

by the length Of time he has been in the
White House, is very fond of writing His
messages have been lengthy documents and
have been noted for the odd and, at times,
curious phrases which he has coined. Writ
ing seems to be no labor to him, and once
he gets pen in his hand he seems to delight
in filling page after page with ink. His
handwriting is small and even, and he has
written in his own handwriting nearly
all the documents that have gone to
Congress from the executive mansion. He
does not care to trust the clerks at the White
House with this manual labor, but seems to
delight in studying out and writing for him.
self his official papers. He manages also to
find time to write number of private let
tiers, and he says it is one of his amusements
to read large portion of his mail and an
swer them himself One of the things, how
ever, he does not like is to see his private
letters, or those of his wife, in the news
papers.
The publication of many of his letters of
thanks for favors done, or in acknowledge
ment of the naming of child for him. has
stopped to a certain extent his correspond
ence in this respect. He has turned good
deal of this particular kind of writing over
to his clerks, and now contents himself with
either writing letters which he knows will
not be published except when directed, and
to inditing his public messages Copy
7i1hted
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-12-10
GOOD OLD AGE.
Few Things More Inspiring Than an I'm
daunted Spirit.

Few Things More Inspiring Than an I'm
daunted Spirit.
Few things are more inspiring than a
cheerful and undaunted spirit in the
aged. Monsieur Chevreul, the French
chemist, whose hundredth birthday was
last year celebrated, continues to devote
himself as matter of course to his
official and professional duties.
He has recently presided at meetings
of several scientific societies, and in an
his continued good health is always
ready with some charming repartee full
of wit and humor.
He has often been asked how he has
succeeded in living to such an advanced
age in good health, and with no change
in his great intellect.
81 do not drink wine," he invariably
replies, but the answer is at best an
evasive one, leaving much to the imagi-
nation, for it is actually true that he has
lived a severely moral life, in obedience
to the laws of health and right.
On his one hundred and first birthday
an old servant asked him if he did not
feel fatigued by the days festivities, ad-
vising him to spare himself on account
of his age.
Indeed" answered Monsieur Chew
veul, in his humorous way, 81 am be-
ginning to get little old, and shall take
some precautions"
Imagine the delight of possessing so
fine physique that one need only to
begin to take extraordinary precautions
at the age of one hundred and one-Er
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-12-10

right among the decoys. Now was the
time. Bang went the swivel. 1t had
been charged with about six inches of
powder, but in their fluster and anxiety
they had forgotten. to put in the re-
mainder of the load. The kick of the
gun was tremendous. The box was
careened and began to sink. The water
was not very deep, and they were swim
mers. They made tracks for Havre-de-
Grace. Wet clothes were changed for
dry ones, and an hour later they
started out to gather their decoys and
try and raise the sink-box and its con-
tents. According to the veracious
narrator, they found a flock of ducks
mixed up with the decoys. you see"
he said, "the explosion and the jar had
jest knocked them silly, and all we had
to do was to scull around, pick 'em up
and twist their necks. Pretty good haul
arter all, for we got forty of EN-"
There are various illegal modes of
catching ducks. One extensively prac-
ticed this season is that of patent net
| These nets are laid out or anchored be-
low the surface of the water, and ducks
in diving for their food become entangled
and are drowned or easily captured.
The famous wild celery that constitutes
luc udiIlltSI lOOu Vi tuo uuCh Is huOWu
to botanists as gdlisnertd. 1t is long
ribbon grass which grows so thick on
the flats in summer that it is sometimes
difficult to push boat through it. In
the winter the top dies and is carried
off by the wind and tide. The white,
toothsome root, about four or five inches
long, is what the wild duck searches for
He dives for it and feeds upon it with the
greatest delight.
There are many varieties of the duck
family. The canvas back is the king,
and most highly priced by sportsmen,
and mallard and red-heads come next.
confined to the North American conti-
nent. 1t is found along the Atlantic sea
coast down as far as South Carolina. In
May and until the last of September it
is in its breeding places in the north
ern part of Canada. 1t begins its
flight to the Chesapeake about the first
part of November. The mallard is found
in nearly all the States. The red-head is
something like and next to the canvas
back. Tie teal is river duck. The
true sportsmanlike method of killing the
canvas back is by shooting it while fly
ing, which, on account of the height and
velocity of its flight, is difficult. The
duck is about twenty-five inches in
length. The shooting days are Monday,
Wednesday and Friday until January 1,
and after that Saturday is added. The
season opens November 1 and closes
March 1. [Copyraghted.]
GEO. A. MEEK1Ns.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-12-10

The Maryland ducking season is at its
height. The Susquehanna flats are the
resort of gunners from all parts of the
country, and the boatmen and duckers
are reaping their harvest. A chat with
a Susquehanna bushwhacker develops
some picturesque phases of the sport.
The bushwhacker can produce some
very tough yarns from his varied expe-
rience. One of them the other day told
a story, the truth of which he stoutly
averred.
A bushwhacker is one who furnishes a
flat-bottom skiff for gunner, and SOULS
him about where the ducks are. His boat
has blind. There are a number of ways
of killing the toothsome duck, but the
shooting is mainly done from sink-boxes
and bushwhack boats. A few ducks are
also killed from behind a floating blind.
A sink-box is wooden boat about six
feet and a-half long, and not wider than
is absolutely necessary. 1t is shaped al
most like coffin. From it's sides ex-
tend wide wings. These wings are made
of muslin fastened to board-like Stats.
They lie flat on the water, and rise
and fall with the waves. They
are used to keep the water from
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-12-10
CLASHING COLORS.

How Disagreements in This Llrge Family
May be Overcome.
In the family of colors there are agree
ments and disagreements, concords and
dissonances, and what may be termed in
differentism, one or other of these quail
ties being apparent when any two ap-
proach each other. Often, as in numer-
Gus family quarrels, there must be the
intervention of third party before har-
mony is established between two colors.
Thus, when orange and crimson appear
together, or yellow and red, blue should
be introduced; nor will blue and red
consoIt well unless yellow is introduced.
Yellow harmoniZes with black, green,
chestnut, brown, purple and crimson.
Gold with crimson makes rich harmony,
and with green or blue is invariably
pleasing; it is also capital associate
with purple, scarlet, lilac, brown and
black. Blue agrees with scarlet, salmon
color, orange, chocolate, stone color,
drab, green, chestnut, purple, and is in
concord with white and black. Orange
and yellow have a good effect in artificial
light; orange harmoniZes with chestnut,
purple, puce and green, and if associated
with crimson requires the introduction
of blue; orange and gold harmonic by
analogy. Among disagreeable unions are
purple with either lilac, slate color, brown,
stone color, gray, pink, peach and chest
nut scarlet with brown, green, purple,
pink, gray, peach, drab and stone color ;
blue with pink, peach, gray, green, blue
and purple; orange with lilac, brown,
drab, gray and chestnut; yellow with
red, purple, scarlet, gray and lilac; red
with green, blue green, pink, buff and
chestnut. -Erchdnge
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ton and surrounded by decoys. Not
many years ago decoys consisted of
chunk of wood with crooked root
nailed on for neck and head. Now
they are lifelike as possible. They are
fair representatives of living ducks.
Some of the decoys are made so that they
flap their wings, and also dive. They are
worked with string from cover.
1t was the bushwhacker's first season.
He was employed by gentleman who
had more money than knowledge of the
sport, and they determined to get their
game by quicker processes than those
allowed by law. They obtained sink
box with all its accessories and anchored
in desirable location. The bushwhacker
and his patron well knew the shooting
with swivel gun was punishable by a
fine of one to five hundred dollars, and
that night shooting was prohibited, yet
they wanted to make big records and SO
they were out on the grounds ready for
slaughter at four o'clock, an hour earlier
than the one fixed by law. With the
swivel gun they expected to fetch down
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-12-10
A BLACK DOG.
The Peculiar Dream of Young Man and
the Ensuing Trouble.

Iho Fecuuar Dream OF q tOung man ana
the Ensuing Trouble.
Blacksmith Theodore G. Roth, of Balti.
more, Nd, is in trouble and all because
of a dream, which he made public for
the first time recently, under the fol-
lowing circumstances: Captain B. w.
johnson was walking along a street, fol-
lowed by large black dog, when boy ex-
citedly stopped him and demanded the
return of the animal, which he said was his.
The captain thought the boy crazy and
moved on. But the lad insisted so loudly
that Policeman Smith interfered and escorted
the three, man, boy and dog, to the station
house. Explanations being in order, Captain
Johnson told the squire that the dog had
either been stolen or had strayed from him,
and had only returned within the past two
weeks. The boy. who gave the name
of August Flack, said that Theodore
G. Roth, a blacksmith, had given
his mother the dog a year ago. II
was then that Roth was summoned to clear
up the mystery, which he did by telling of a
dream in which the dog figured very largely.
He said one night about year ago he dreamt
that he was attacked by large black dog.
The following day, while along the Liberty
road, he was attacked by the dog in dispute
He captured the aggressive canine and pre-
sented him to Mrs. Flack. There was a
dubious smile in the little courtroom when
this remarkable dream was related. The cap
tain triumphantly walked off with his dog,
while Roth was being threatened with a
charge of larceny. Nothing was seen of the
boy after the decision of the squire was rem
dered.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-12-10
IN A SWARM OF BEES.
An Exciting Encounter With One on
the White Nile.

An Exciting Encounter With One on
the White Nile.
Schweinfurth gives the following de-
scription of apainful encounter which he
and his men once had on the White Nile
with some very small but powerful enc
mics. The boat was being towed by the
crew. AS the rope was drawn along
pened that it disturbed a swarm of bees.
In moment, like great cloud, they
burst upon the men who were dragging :;
every one of them threw himself head
long into the water, and hurried to regain
the boat. The swarm followed at their
heels, and in few seconds filled every
nook and Granny of the deck. What a
scene of confusion ensued may readily
be imagined.
Without any foreboding of ill, was
arranging my plants in my cabin, when
l heard all around me a scampering,
which l took at first to be merely the
frolics of my people.
called out to inquire the meaning of
the noise, but only got excited gestures
and reproachful looks in answer. The
cry of "Bees bees ~ soon broke upon
my ear, and proceeded to light pipe.
My attempt was entirely in vain; in
an instant bees in thousands are about
me, and | am mercilessly stung all over
my face and hands. To no purpose do
| try to protect my face with a handker
chief, and the more violently l fling
my hands about, so much the more
violent becomes the impetuosity of the
irritated insects. The maddening pain
oh IN,
in my hair. The dogs from under my
everything in their way.
Losing well nigh all control over my
self, fling myself in despair into the
river; dive down, but all in vain, for
the stings rain down still upon my head
Not needing the warnings of my people,
| creep through the reedy grass to the
swampy bank. The grass lacerates my
hands, and try to gain the mainland
hoping to find shelter in the woods.
All at once four powerful arms seize
me, and drag me back with such force
that | think | must be choked in the
mud l am compelled to go back ON
board, and flight is not to be thought Of
In the cooling moisture | had so far
recovered my self-possession that it oc-
CURED to me to drag out sheet in which
to envelop myself, and this measure at
last gave me some protection, but l had
first gradually to crush the bees which
had inclosed with me within this cover
ing. Covering down convulsively, /
fingered out thus three full hours, whilst
the buzzing continued uninterruptedly,
and solitary stings penetrated periodi
cally through the linen.
Meantime, by great self-denial and
courage on the part of my people, my
large dog was brought on board to me
and covered with cloths; the other was
unfortunately lost-in all likelihood was
stung to death.
By degrees every one became equally
passive as myself; at length perfect 81
lence reigned on board the bees subsidized
into quietness.
That evening, and for the next few
days, felt ready for an encounter with
half score of buffaloes, or brace of
lions, rather than have anything more to
do with bees, and this was a sentiment
in which all the ships company heartily
concurred.-Y Youths Companion.
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and twigs, wild ducks and geese begin
their flight southwark along the winding
course of the Wabash.
Even for days before this first invasion
of a wintry wind, and before the first
faint film of ice has formed at the
edges of still pools and bayous, few
teal have been fitting about from haunt
to haunt, rising no higher than the tall
tree-tops and slanting quickly downward
in long, gently-curving lines to the edge
of some ripping shallow. Here half a
dozen in flock may be seen sitting with
their bills under their wings sleeping in
the warm sunshine and looking prepos-
terously large by reason of their rounded
and bunchy attitude, while far above in
the very dome of the sky faintly-out-
lined arrowhead of gray sand-hill cranes
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SLIGHTLY MIXED.
An Incident Which Shows That Matters
Are not Always as Painted.


Are not Always as Painted.
Battles are not always conducted with
that extreme precision which is generally
supposed to characterize military ma
n9uvres. Confusion sometimes reigns,
especially when the fighting is carried on
in thick brush or continued after dusk.
Here, for instance, is an extract from
the history of New York regiment:
Major Livingston's horse had been
shot, and the majors hip injured by the
fall. He was very anxious to change the
retreat into an advance, and thus, on
foot. swinging his sword, he ordered
everybody to Right about, facet But
his orders were unhedeed.
At last, coming up to regiment march
ing in tolerable order, in the same direc-
ton with the general current, and con-
Guiding that they were sufficiently strong
at least to cover the retreat of the
wounded and exhausted, he ordered them
to halt and face to the front, giving en-
phasis to the command by earnest ges-
ticulations with his sword, and insisting
that it was shame to see whole regi-
ment running away. At this juncture
an officer demanded:
"Who are you, sir?"
"Major Livingston, of the Seventy
sixth"
Seventy what ?" asked the
stranger.
"Seventy-sixth New York." replied
the major
"Well, then, you are my prisoner, for
you are attempting to rally the Second
Mississippiw
The major was taken to headquarters,
but, fortunately for him, made his escape
the next Exchange.